Florish in the Key: The Solo Violin in London 1650-1700 Peter Sheppard Skærved

• Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713):
• 1 Corelli: Prelude in D Major 01:10
• Giuseppe Torelli (1658 - 1709):
• 2 Torelli: Prelude in E Minor 02:53
• Nicola Cosimi (1667 - 1717):
• 3 Cosimi: Prelude in A Major 01:37
• Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644 - 1704):
• 4 Biber: Prelude in D Major 00:48
• Giovanni Bononcini (1670 - 1747):
• 5 Bononcini: Prelude in D Minor 01:08
• Nicola Matteis (1650 - 1714):
• 6 Matteis: Prelude in A Major 01:16
• Francesco Gasparini (1661 - 1727):
• 7 Gasparini: Prelude in D Major 01:31
• Nicola Francesco Haym (1678 - 1729):
• 8 Haym: Prelude in F Major 00:50
• Johann Gottfried Keller (1819 - 1890):
• 9 Keller: Prelude in D Major 01:44
• Thomas Dean:
• 10 Dean: Prelude in A Major 02:10
• Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (1671 - 1751):
• 11 Albinoni: Prelude in D Major 01:34
• William Corbett (1680 - 1748):
• 12 Corbett: Prelude in A Major 01:42
• Henry Eccles (1670 - 1742):
• 13 Eccles: Prelude in A Minor 01:57
• Arcangelo Corelli:
• 14 Corelli: Prelude in A Major 01:23
• Nicola Cosimi:
• 15 Cosimi: Prelude in A Major 01:26
• Tomaso Vitali (1663 - 1745):
• 16 Vitali: Prelude in D Minor 01:31
• John Banister (1630 - 1679):
• 17 Banister: Prelude in B-Flat Major 01:12
• Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667 - 1752):
• 18 Pepusch: Prelude in D Minor 00:51
• Carlo Ambrogio Lonati (1645 - 1712):
• 19 Lonati: Prelude in D Minor 02:16
• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695):
• 20 Purcell: Prelude in G Minor 01:06
• "mr Simons":
• 21 Simons: Prelude in F Minor 01:29
• Robert King (1862 - 1932):
• 22 King: Prelude in A Major 01:30
• Giovanni Battista Bassani (1647 - 1716):
• 23 Bassani: Prelude in E-Flat Major 01:45
• "mr Smith":
• 24 Smith: Prelude in E Major 01:41
• William Gorton:
• 25 Gorton: Prelude in a mjajor 01:35
• Marc'Antonio Ziani (1653 - 1715):
• 26 Ziani: Prelude in F Minor 02:21
• Gottfried Finger (1660 - 1730):
• 27 Finger: Prelude in E Major 01:25
• "mr. Hills":
• 28 Hills": Prelude in A Major 01:40
• Johann Christoph Pepusch:
• 29 Pepusch: Prelude in B-Flat Major 01:16
• Giuseppe Torelli:
• 30 Torelli: Prelude in C Minor 01:01
• Nicola Francesco Haym:
• 31 Haym: Prelude in D Minor 01:14
• Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni:
• 32 Albinoni: Prelude in C Major 01:19
• Francesco Gasparini:
• 33 Gasparini: Prelude in C Major 01:33
• Nicola Matteis:
• 34 Matteis: Prelude in C Minor 02:09
• Thomas Baltzar (1631 - 1663):
• 35 Baltzar: A Set of Tunings by Mr Baltzar: Allemande 1 in A Major 01:48
• 36 Baltzar: A Set of Tunings by Mr Baltzar: Allemande 2 in A Major 02:06
• 37 Baltzar: A Set of Tunings by Mr Baltzar: Corant in A Major 01:21
• 38 Baltzar: A Set of Tunings by Mr Baltzar: Sarabrand in A Major 01:30
• 39 Baltzar: Preludium in C Minor 01:46
• 40 Baltzar: Corant in C Minor 02:55
• 41 Baltzar: Courante in G Minor 01:57
• 42 Baltzar: Sarabande in G mino 01:26
• 43 Baltzar: Sarabande in B-Flat Major 01:51
• 44 Baltzar: Allemande and Variatio in G Minor 03:49
• Total Runtime 01:12:32

Info for Florish in the Key: The Solo Violin in London 1650-1700

As well as being internationally recognised as a leading interpreter of music new and old, Peter Sheppard Skærved is the only violinist to have performed on the personal violins of Viotti, Paganini, Joachim, Kreisler and Ole Bull. Here he presents the works from ‘Preludes or Voluntarys’ (2nd edition, published by John Walsh in 1705. The edition includes petite gems from the leading lights of the age such as Purcell, Biber, Pepusch, Correlli and Torrelli, and some whose names are somewhat forgotten: Matteis, Bassani and Vitali – and more who are only known by their surname, probably musicians of the royal court who had presented a work to Walsh for publication. It’s also true that Walsh included several extracts from sonatas, suites and other chamber works, not always correctly attributed.

These fascinating pieces are played on a 1664 violin of unknown make which was an instrument of King Charles II’s court orchestra.

The album also contains several works by the (at the time) highly regarded Thomas Baltzar, played on the superb 1629 Girolamo Amati violin also used for Sheppard Skærved’s most recent ‘Great Violins’ recording.

Peter Sheppard Skaerved, violin

Peter Sheppard Skærved
is known for his pioneering approach to the music of the past and of our own time. He regularly appears as soloist in over 30 countries, and has released over 70 albums, ranging from 17th century solo works to many of 400-plus works dedicated to him, by composers including George Rochberg, Judith Weir, Poul Ruders, David Matthews and Michael Finnissy. He is a Grammy nominee, for his cycle of Henze concerti. This spring he has released five new albums, of Schubert Sonatas with square piano, Edward Cowie solos and quartets, Peter Dickinson sonatas, the Gregory Rose Concerto, and the first recording of the 100-movement Klagenfurt Manuscript (1685). His work with museums has resulted in long-term projects at institutions including the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, the Metropolitan Museum, New York City, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the British Museum, Galeria Rufino Tamayo in Mexico City, and the exhibition ‘Only Connect’, which he curated at the National Portrait Gallery, London. His ‘Tegner’, commissioned by the Bergen International Festival, a close collaboration with the major Norwegian abstract artist, Jan Groth, premiered at Kunsthallen, Bergen, and travelled to Denmark, the US and even Svalbard/Spitzbergen. He is founder and leader of the acclaimed Kreutzer Quartet. He is the ‘Viotti Lecturer’ at the Royal Academy of Music, he was elected Fellow there in 2013. He is married to the Danish writer Malene Skærved and they live in Wapping.

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